Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Four Female Students at Quinn College

For the next three weeks the whole of Glenn Gybrutz was busy preparing for Anne's admission.It seems that there is endless needlework, and if there are endless instructions, there are things that cannot be decided. Marshall had prepared several of the beautiful clothes Anne was wearing.Only this time was an exception. No matter what Marshall proposed to buy or offer, Marilla did not come out to object. On the contrary, she agreed very happily.Not only that, one night, Marilla went upstairs to the East Wing with a piece of thin green cloth under her arm. "Annie, look at this fabric, how about making a beautiful evening dress? It is said that you already have a lot of clothes, so there is no need to make any more, but I think when you are going to a party in the city, you will definitely need something elegant costumes.

"I heard that Jenny, Ruby, and George each made an evening dress, but you are the only one who doesn't. Last week, I asked Mrs. Arlan to accompany me into the city, and I chose this fabric specially, intending to ask Emily Gillis make one. Emily is a clever man, and he's very good at making clothes." "Oh, Marilla, that's great, thank you for being so thoughtful of me, and for being so warmly cared for, I don't know what to say." Within a few days, Emily made a pleated skirt-style evening dress as required. That night, Anne specially put on this evening dress for Marilla and Marshall, and recited the poem "A Maiden's Vow" in front of them.Seeing Annie's smug look and elegant manner, Marilla couldn't help recalling the night when Annie first came to Green Gaybruzzi.The figure of the eccentric child standing timidly in the disfigured gray blended clothes with yellow spots appeared in front of her eyes again - from the child's eyes full of tears, she could peek into her heart of extreme sadness.

Thinking of Anne at that time, Marilla couldn't help but shed tears. "Marilla, did the poem I recited move you to tears?" Anne said happily, and bent down, kissing Marilla's face. "Nonsense, that's not it," Marilla said.Marilla thought it humiliating to be moved to tears by something like poetry. "Just now I unconsciously thought of your childhood, you have grown up and become a big girl, if only you were always so young! "Annie, you are so tall now, and you are so beautiful. Putting on this dress again, I can hardly recognize you. When I think of you leaving Yabanli, I always It's empty, it's not a good taste."

"Marilla!" As Annie said, she threw herself into Marilla's arms, cupped her wrinkled face with her hands, and looked at Marilla's teary eyes with serious eyes. "Actually, I haven't changed at all. I just trimmed the excess a little bit to let the branches and leaves stretch out. It is indeed me standing in front of you, just like Anne before. No matter where I go It doesn't matter how it changes on the surface, it's still the lovely little Anne of Marilla in my heart. I want Marilla Marshall to live happily ever after in Green Gybrutz." Anne pressed her young and lovely face to Marilla's weather-beaten face, and put her hand on Marshall's shoulder.

At this moment, Marilla just thought how nice it would be if she always hugged Annie so affectionately.Marshall blinked, stood up slowly, and went outside.Under the summer night sky, Marshall scrambled across the yard and stopped at the gate under the poplar tree. "I dote on Anne so much, but she hasn't become capricious at all. Promising." Marshall seemed to be praising Anne, talking to himself. "I've been nosy once in a while, but nothing's wrong with me. The kid's brilliant, he's good-looking, he's got a good heart—that's all that matters. "Anne is really a gift from heaven to us. If it is luck, then Mrs. Svensa will ask to pass on this lucky mistake. But I don't admit that I have luck. This is just the will of heaven.

God probably anticipated that we would need a child. " The day finally came for Anne to go to town.On a fine morning in September, Anne bid farewell to Diana and Marilla Yi with tears in her eyes, and followed Marshall on the road. After sending Anne away, Diana went to the beach of White Sand with Carmody's cousins ​​in order to forget the pain of parting.Besides, Marilla, since Anne left, has been working all day long except for work, trying to forget the past, but she can't forget it, and her heart is as painful as a knife. That night, Marilla looked at the east wing at the end of the corridor, and felt a strong sense of loneliness.Marilla, who had gone to bed miserably, thought of Anne again as soon as her head touched the pillow, and sobbed secretly.

Annie and the other partners in Yabangli arrived in the city on time that day, and then went straight to Quinn College without stopping. On the first day, the freshmen meet each other and the professors, and are divided into classes according to their own wishes.It was enjoyable, albeit dizzyingly busy. Anne decided to study a two-year course on the advice of Teacher Stich.So did Gilbert Bryce.That is to say, if all goes well, 'it doesn't take two years, but one year can complete the course that can obtain the first-level teacher qualification certificate.The study of this course mainly focuses on the quality of learning, and the requirements are very strict.Jenny, Ruby, George, Charlie, and Moody Spajohn don't have the enthusiasm and ambition to learn. If they can get the second-level teacher qualification certificate, they will be satisfied.

As soon as Anne and more than 50 freshmen entered the classroom, she was at a loss. Except for Gilbert on the opposite side of the classroom, she didn't know any other freshmen.Moreover, Annie felt that even if she knew Gilbert, it was meaningless, so she was depressed and pessimistic for a while. Even so, it was still a joy for Anne to be in the same class as Gilbert.Moreover, they could continue to compete with Gilbert as their opponent. If they lacked the sense of rivalry they had at that time, Anne would feel helpless and lose her direction of struggle. Annie thought, "I'll never be at peace without this. Gilbert seemed to be full of confidence, and he was aiming for a medal, and that's what I need. Gilbert has a beautiful Chin, never noticed it before. It would be great if Jenny and Ruby took Level 1 as well. But once you get used to it, the timid feeling will disappear.

"Among these girls, which one can be my friend? It's really interesting to think about it. Of course, I have made an agreement with Diana that even if I fall in love with any child from Quinn College, I can't become close friends." You can only make a few friends with general relationships. "The kid in the red dress with the brown eyes looks like a good person, full of energy, like a red rose in full bloom. And the kid with fair skin and blond hair looking out of the window is just right for me, so pretty Blonde hair! When will I get to know the two of them and become good friends who can walk arm in arm and call each other nicknames. But now, I don't know them, and they don't know me, maybe it's about making friends with me , They didn't even think about it, it's really lonely."

That evening, Annie stood alone in her bedroom, feeling increasingly lonely.Jenny and the others have relatives in the city, so they cannot live with Annie.Miss Josephine Barry asked Anne to live in Seaside Woods, but it was too far from the college for her to go, so Miss Barry found an apartment for her. Marshall and Marilla had also asked Anne to ask Miss Barry to find a suitable place for them. "The renter of the apartment is a declining lady, and her husband is a British military officer. The conditions for renting the house to whoever is quite harsh. Anne lives here, can avoid contact with other eccentric people, and the food is good. , not too far from the college, it can be said to be a good place with an elegant environment and tranquility."

As Miss Barry said, this is a good place to live and study.However, these actually have no effect on Anne, who is troubled by strong homesickness.Annie looked around the small bedroom. There was no picture on the wall, only a disappointing wallpaper. There was nothing in the room except a small iron bed and an empty bookcase. . Looking at everything in front of her eyes, Anne couldn't help but think of Green Gybruzzi's own snow-white room.Looking out from the inside of the house at night, it is a quiet and silent dark green world.Sweet peas are blooming in the flower beds, the orchard is bathed in the soft moonlight, the small river below the slope is rushing happily, and the tops of the needle fir trees on the other side of the river are constantly swaying and dancing in the night wind, passing through the gaps in the woods. , and the lights from Diana's room could be seen.Above this land is the mysterious and huge starry sky.Thinking of these, Annie's mood suddenly became much better. These things in my hometown can't be found here and now.Outside the window is a hard road, and telephone wires are criss-crossed like a mesh.People who have never met each other come and go on the street, and all the faces reflected under the street lights are strange.There were tears in Anne's eyes, but she tried her best to hold back and never cried.Because she felt that crying made people feel like a fool, a sign of cowardice. At last Anne could bear it no longer, and two or three tears flowed down her cheeks. "It would be nice to think of something interesting to stop the tears. However, the interesting things are all related to Yabangli. The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable it becomes. The fourth and fifth drops flowed down I can go home on Friday, but I always feel that this is a hundred years later. Ah, by this time Marshall must be home.Marilla must have been standing at the gate, looking up the path to see if Marshall was back.The sixth drop, the seventh drop, the eighth drop.Ah, I can't count anymore.Tears welled up immediately, and I didn't want to pull myself together, it's better to just let it go on like this! At this time, if George Pai did not appear, Anne would definitely cry like tears. Anne was very happy to see that familiar face, and she had already forgotten the unhappiness in her relationship with George. . "I'm so glad you can come." Annie said from the bottom of her heart. "Are you crying?" George asked sympathetically, but at the same time mockingly. "Is it homesick? Indeed, there are too many people who lack self-control. I don't miss home at all. Compared with that remote and backward village in Yabangli, the city is like heaven. I used to always Want to get out of that ghost place. Crying, it's too shameful, it's better not to cry. Annie, your nose and eyes are red from crying, and with your red hair, your whole body is red. "I've been in pretty good spirits all day at the academy today. Our French teacher is so handsome that if you saw his beard he'd make your heart thump and thump with excitement. "Annie, is there anything to eat? I'm so hungry, I figured Marilla would bring you something delicious, that's why I came. Otherwise, I would have been with Frank ? Steckley went to the park to listen to the band. He is a boy who lives in the same apartment as me. He is very humane. He paid attention to you in the classroom. He asked me about that red-haired girl Who is it? I told him that you are an orphan adopted by the Cuthbart family, and no one knows about you at all about your previous experience." It was better to cry by myself than with George Pai, Anne had just thought, when Jenny and Ruby came in.Both proudly wore pink and fiery Queen ribbons on their coats.George didn't like to talk to Ruby, so she became honest and quiet. Jenny sighed and said: "Well, it feels as if months have passed since this morning. To tell the truth, I had previewed Bagir's poems when I was at home--the old man Grandpa is amazing. Starting tomorrow, I will write twenty lines of poetry, but I can't calm down to study. "Annie, judging from the tears on your face, you must be crying? If Annie cries, I can restore my self-esteem a little bit. I cried once before Ruby came to me. If I am not the only one crying like a fool, then I can withstand the torment of homesickness. Oh, is it a snack? Give me some too, thank you, um, it really has that unique taste of Yabangli." At this time, Ruby noticed the schedule of activities at the Quinn Academy on the desk, and asked Annie if she had aimed for a medal. Annie's face turned red all of a sudden, and she replied sheepishly that it was only a temporary plan. "Oh, I remembered when you said it." George said, "I heard that the college is going to award the Ebrey Scholarship. The announcement came today. Frank Steckley heard about it—his uncle is a trustee of the college. The Academy will publish it tomorrow." "Embry scholarship!" Anne felt her blood boil, as if her ideal had been given wings. Before hearing these words from George, Annie's biggest goal was to obtain the qualification of a first-level local teacher after one year of study.If the academic performance is good, the medals will also be picked up.But this time, he was trying to win the Ebrey Scholarship and enter the Department of Literature at Redmond University.While George's voice was still ringing in her ears, Annie saw herself wearing a diamond-shaped hat and a bachelor's uniform, attending the graduation ceremony. The Embry Scholarship is for those studying English Literature, Anne's favorite subject. The Ebrey Scholarship was instituted by a wealthy factory owner in Novobransk on his deathbed as part of a broad scholarship.It is allocated to high schools and secondary professional schools in the coastal states of Canada[Note] according to their respective circumstances.It was not clear whether Quinn College had such a scholarship before, but this time it was hard to figure it out.This scholarship is awarded to graduates who achieve the highest marks in English and English Literature after one year of study.In Redmond University, during the 4 years of study and life, the recipient of the scholarship will be paid 350 yuan per year. Anne was so excited that night she could hardly sleep. "If anyone who studies hard will get a scholarship, then I am." Annie has made up her mind. "How happy Marshall would be if I got my bachelor's degree. Having big ambitions and aspirations makes life feel fulfilling. There's so much to do that's invigorating. Once a goal is achieved, there will be newer ones. High goals are waiting for me to fight and achieve, and this is the meaning of life.”